Alderbark- May be used to treat toothaches.
Borage Leaves- Used by nursing queens for producing milk better. Also used for fevers.
Broom- Helps treat broken bones and wounds when mixed in a poultice.
Burdock Root- Used on rat bites or on wounds infected by rats.
Catmint- Best remedy for the deadly greencough.
Celandine- This herb can be used to soothe the eyes.
Chamomile- This herb strengthens the heart and calms the mind.
Chervil- The juice can be placed on wounds to prevent or heal infection. The roots can be chewed up and eaten to cure bellyache.
Chickweed- Like catmint, it can be used to treat greencough.
Cobwebs- Put on a wound to soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
Coltsfoot- The leaves are chewed into a pulp, and given to cats with difficulty breathing or a cough. It also can be used to treat kitten-cough.
Comfrey- Can be used to repair broken bones or to soothe wounds.
Daisy Leaf- Chewed into a paste, it can help aching joints.
Dandelions- Used for bee stings.
Dock- The leaves can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.Rub on paws to ease the ache
Dried Oak Leaf- Stored in a dry place, and can stop infection when applied.
Feverfew- The leaves can be eaten to reduce body temperature, especially cats with fever or chills. Also can heal aches and headaches.
Goldenrod- When chewed into a poultice, it is good for healing wounds.
Heather Flower- Not much is known other than that it can be mixed into poultices to make them sweeter and easier to swallow.
Honey- It is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine.
Horsetail- Applied to infected wounds to help treat them.
Juniper Berries- Can soothe bellyaches, give strength, and help troubled breathing.
Lamb's Ear- This herb gives a cat strength.
Lavender- Cures fever and chills.
Mallow- It soothes a cat's belly.
Marigold- Applied to wounds as a poultice to stop infection. It could be used to treat rat bites, but its sometimes not strong enough.
Mouse Bile- The only remedy for ticks, mouse bile is foul smelling, and is stored in moss. When dabbed on a tick, the tick falls off. Smell can be masked by wild garlic, or by washing paws in running water. If accidentally swallowed, can leave a gross taste in mouth for days. Medicine cats always have to remember to wash their paws after using mouse bile.
Nettle Seed- Can be used if a cat has swallowed poison.
Parsley- Stops a queen from producing milk if something happens to her kits.
Poppy Seed- They can put a cat to sleep, or soothe shock and distress, but is not recommended to nursing queens. They are given by wetting the paw, pressing on them, causing them to stick to the paw, and then having the sick or injured cat lick them off. They also help soothe pain.
Ragwort Leaves- Crushed and mixed into a poultice with juniper berries, it can help aching joints.
Rush- This herb is used to bind broken bones.
Stinging Nettle- The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Snakeroot- The best remedy for poison, especially for snake bites
Tansy- It is good for curing coughs, but must be given in small doses.
Thyme- This herb can be eaten to calm nervousness and anxiety.
Traveling Herbs- Traveling Herbs consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet. Chamomile strengthens hearts, and calms cats. The other herbs are unknown.
Watermint- Usually chewed into a pulp and fed to cats with bellyache.
Wild Garlic- When rolled in, it can help prevent infection. Especially good for rat bites. Due to its strong smell, it is good at hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.
Willow Bark- This bark serves as a painkiller.
Yarrow- applied to wounds to extract poison. The ointment of yarrow can also be used to soften and help heal cracked paw pads.
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